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Google Search Now Embedded in Operating System With New 'Hot Words'

New Linspire Internet Suite Allows Searching for Every Word in Browser and Email

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Linspire, Inc. today unveiled "Hot
Words," a set of features within Linspire's new Internet suite that allows
one-click Google searches on words on any Web page or email message. Every
word that appears on a Web site or in an email can be clicked and then
instantly searched using a pop-up menu that performs Web, shopping and news
searches. Screenshots of the new Hot Words search feature are available at
http://www.linspire.com/hotwords.

"Searching needs to evolve beyond putting tool bars into browsers," said
Michael Robertson, chief executive officer of Linspire, Inc. "If searching is
embedded directly in the operating system, people can immediately search when
they want to. This is an emerging trend -- you'll soon see this kind of
search implemented in all operating systems. With Hot Words, Linspire is
leading the way toward integrating effortless, efficient searches directly
into the user experience."

Traditional searching methods require copying and pasting a word or phrase
into a separate browser window or tool bar. With Hot Words, the search is
embedded right into the open page or email. Holding the mouse over a word in
a Web page or email highlights the word. When a user clicks on the
highlighted word, an instant pop-up search menu appears where the user can
choose to perform a Web search, shop for products, or look up news on related
topics. These pop-up menus are customizable so users can choose the specific
features and search engines they prefer. More information about integrated
searching is available at http://www.linspire.com/hotwords.

Hot Words also contains an instant auto-suggesting spellcheck function --
not only are misspelled words underlined, but spelling suggestions are
generated into a menu when a user clicks on the word. Users will not have to
perform a separate spellcheck each time they send an email -- they can simply
select their preferred spelling and keep typing. The instant spellcheck works
within email or in Web mail clients like Google Mail. Specific features can
be viewed at http://www.linspire.com/spellcheck.

The Linspire Internet Suite uses the same advanced "Gecko" layout engine
that powers the popular Firefox and Mozilla Web browsers. Linspire worked
closely with top Mozilla developers when creating the technology behind Hot
Words. This will ensure seamless integration with Firefox when this
innovative technology is contributed back to the Mozilla Foundation.

In addition to Hot Words, the new suite includes an email management
system called MailMinder. MailMinder organizes email by allowing the user to
designate messages to be resent on later dates, even to multiple email
addresses. A detailed explanation of MailMinder attributes is online at
http://www.linspire.com/mailmind.

The Linspire suite also includes free Internet calling via the built-in
PhoneGaim product. PhoneGaim allows free digital-quality phone calls to other
PhoneGaim customers or regular telephones, plus gives users a free phone
number and voicemail sent as email, all built in to the popular Gaim instant
messaging service. More information about PhoneGaim is available at
http://www.linspire.com/imcalls.

The new Internet suite is available immediately at
http://www.linspire.com/suite and will be included in later versions of the
Linspire operating system. The suite is an approximately 20-megabyte download
and can be installed with one click onto any Linspire computer using CNR
technology. The Linspire Internet Suite is available at no cost to current
CNR members. For more information about Linspire, contact: